Since the Mishnah is a code of law, its textual style is very concise and lacking in socio-historical background.
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His main project is his authorship of the socio-historical commentary to the Mishnah called Mishnat Eretz Yisrael (literally Mishnah of Israel), which he began together with his late father Professor Shmuel Safrai and his late sister Professor Chana Safrai.